by Pam Firth | 21 Apr 2022 | academic editing, academic writing, APA 7th, APA style, APA Style hacks, efficiency, fiendish tips, How-to, scholarly publication, student writing, Word
The Detail Devil has turned 7 years old! And to celebrate, I’ve put together my Top 15 most commonly edited APA7 style points, gleaned from my applying APA style to hundreds of manuscripts over the last 7 years. This list isn’t intended to be comprehensive — you’ll...
by Pam Firth | 13 Jul 2021 | academic editing, academic writing, efficiency, fiendish tips, How-to, scholarly publication, student writing, Word
Word 365, 2019, 2016, 2013, 2010 (see Resources below for macOS, iOS, Android, Windows 10 app equivalents) In this blog post, I show you how to assign commands to keyboard shortcuts in Word to enable you to work faster, more efficiently and with increased precision,...
by Pam Firth | 25 Nov 2020 | academic editing, academic writing, APA 7th, APA style, efficiency, fiendish tips, formatting, How-to, scholarly publication, student writing, Word
Devilish Details Fiendish Tips for Writers and Editors Microsoft Word 2010, 2013, 2016, 2019 or 365 (Windows) As a copyeditor, one of the most common American Psychological Association (APA) style errors I come across is the hyphen being used instead of the en or em...
by Pam Firth | 15 Feb 2020 | academic editing, academic writing, efficiency, fiendish tips, formatting, How-to, scholarly publication, student writing, Word
Devilish Details Fiendish Tips for Writers and Editors This blog post outlines the benefits of creating a custom dictionary for each unique writing or editing project, followed by step-by-step instructions on how to create a custom dictionary add/edit/delete a word...
by Pam Firth | 24 Feb 2019 | academic editing, academic writing, efficiency, fiendish tips, How-to, scholarly publication, student writing, Word
Devilish Details Fiendish Tips for Writers and Editors Writing clearly and succinctly is important for communicating effectively to your intended audience, and to do this, economy of expression is key. Writers tend to worry, however, that cutting words from their...
by Pam Firth | 23 Oct 2018 | academic editing, academic writing, efficiency, fiendish tips, formatting, How-to, student writing, Word
Devilish Details Fiendish Tips for Writers and Editors Turn Track Changes on and off Choose what changes to show and how they appear View changes to your text Accept and reject changes Use keyboard shortcuts to work more efficiently (Word 365, Word 2019, Word 2016,...
